Minister of Foreign Affairs of Israel shakes hand with Michael Brodsky (R), Ambassador of Israel to Ukraine during the reopening ceremony of the Israeli embassy in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Eli Cohen arrived in Kyiv for the first visit to Ukraine by an Israeli minister since the Russian invasion nearly a year ago, It cited a “fruitless” visit to Ukraine in February by Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and an interview that Netanyahu conducted on June 22. The embassy also noted what it called a “near absence” of humanitarian aid to Ukraine.PHOTO BY GENYA SAVILOV/GETTY IMAGES
The Ukrainian embassy in Tel Aviv on Sunday accused Israel of taking a “pro-Russia” position.
The government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “has opted for a path of close cooperation with the Russian Federation,” the embassy said in a long statement posted to its official Twitter account in both Hebrew and English.
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